Ladies Coffee Night was held at Raindrop Turkish House in Tulsa on Saturday, January 26th, 2013.

The host of the Ladies Coffee Night, Cari Apari, welcomed everyone with warm greetings. The night started with a brief presentation about Raindrop Foundation. And the program and continued with a presentation about Central Anatolia Region.

After this informative presentation, there was a quick raffle for gifts from Raindrop Turkish House, which was very exciting for everyone. Later, Cari Apari introduced the Keynote Speaker, Eileen Bradshaw, Executive Director of the Food Bank, and gave speech about "What is the mission of the food bank?” At the end of the speech representatives of Raindrop Turkish House handed out an unforgettable gift from Turkey to Mrs. Eileen Bradshaw, Turkish dessert, “Baklava”. After then students from Discovery School performed a folk dance.

At the end of the night all of the guests enjoyed delightful Turkish foods as they had Turkish coffee, the favorites of the night were Pastry, Turkish meals, Various Salads and Delicious desserts.

First Spring Semester 2013 Turkish Cuisine Class Courses was held at Raindrop Turkish House in Tulsa, OK. Participants were very interested in learning different and delicious recipes. Islim Kebabi and Sobiyet were taught at the lesson. At the end of class everyone tasted those food and dessert.

The guests watched the class with deep interest, asked questions, took notes on their recipes given at the beginning of the class and tried to cook by themselves. After the class, participants shared their opinions about Turkish Cuisine class.

Dr. Cheryl Matherly, Vice Provost, Global Education at The University of Tulsa, and her staff attended Turkish Cuisine Class at Raindrop Turkish House in Tulsa, OK. Participants were very interested in learning different and delicious recipes. Baklava, Green Bean, Pastry with Cheese and Islim Kebab (Meatball wrapped in Eggpalant) were taught at the lesson. At the end of class everyone tasted those food and dessert. The participants not only enhance their knowledge about the Turkish food but also have good relations with each other and make good friends.

The guests watched the class with deep interest, asked questions and took notes on their recipes given at the beginning of the class. After the class, participants shared their opinions about Turkish Cuisine class. (December 20, 2012, Tulsa, OK)

Broken Arrow Neighbors is an interfaith organization that provides basic needs emergency assistance to more than 11,000 financially disadvantages people in the Broken Arrow area. On Tuesday, December 19th, 2012 Raindrop Helping hands volunteer distributed the collected toys and clothes donation to the “Broken Arrow Neighbors”.

Raindrop Turkish House volunteers helped for Tulsa Food Bank on December 18, 2012. With many volunteer people from the Tulsa community, the Raindrop Turkish House volunteers had a great experience. It was also a unique opportunity for Raindrop Turkish House volunteers to meet many helpful and charitable people from the Food Bank community. The volunteers are looking forward to joining other upcoming Food Bank events.